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Definition of importer

importer

/ɪmˈpɔːr.tər/
im · port · er
Plural:importers
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• noun

1

A person, company, or country that brings goods or services into a country from abroad for sale.

Example

"The local wine merchant is the exclusive importer of several prestigious Italian vineyards."

2

In computing, a software program or module that reads data in a format created by another application and converts it for local use.

Example

"The development team wrote a custom data importer to migrate customer records from the legacy database."

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• Nearby Words

important
importantly
importation
importer
imposable
impose
imposex

Word Origin & Etymology

First recorded in the late 17th century, formed in English from the verb 'import' (from Latin 'importare', meaning 'to bring in' or 'to carry in') and the agentive suffix '-er'.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Importer. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/importer
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